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CHAPTER 5 ■ SHAREPOINT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT 159To utilize layout tables and cells, take these steps:1. Select Start ➤ Programs ➤ Microsoft Office ➤ Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer2007 to open the SharePoint Designer.2. From the main menu, select File ➤ Open Site.3. In the Open Site dialog, type the address of the blank site you created earlier (e.g.,http://vsmoss:[port]) and click Open.4. When the site opens, make sure the folder list is visible by selecting Task Panes ➤Folder List from the main menu.5. Using the folder list, examine the sites, lists, and libraries defined in the site.6. Add a new ASPX page to the site by selecting New ➤ ASPX from the main menu.7. Open the Layout Tables and Cells task pane by selecting Table ➤ Layout Tables.8. In the Layout Tables and Cells task pane, click a new layout from the Table Layout sectionwith a top title row that spans the entire page and a navigation column that spansthe left side of the page.9. Click your mouse inside the top row.10. In the Layout Tables and Cells task pane, click the Insert Layout Cell link.11. In the Insert Layout Cell dialog, accept the default values and click OK to insert thenew cell.12. When the new cell appears, right-click it and select Cell Properties from the contextmenu.13. In the Cell Properties dialog, change the Background Color drop-down list to Blue andclick the OK button.14. Click the sizing handle and make the cell fill the entire available area within the layouttable.15. Place additional cells in the layout so that the page has a blue title area and a blue navigationarea.Once the initial layout is complete, adding text is a simple matter of typing directly intothe cells. You can format the font style directly from the editor using the same approach as youwould in Microsoft Word. For images, you may either place the image directly in a cell or makeuse of layers to position images. Layers are floating frames that can be positioned anywhereon the page. You can add a new layer from the Format menu. Once added, you can drag thelayer around the page and position it exactly where you want it. Using the layouts and layers,you can rapidly put a page together over a tracing image.Working with Data SourcesOnce you have an idea of how to use the basic layout tools, you will want to be able to addcontent more interesting than just text and graphics. The SharePoint Designer in conjunction
160CHAPTER 5 ■ SHAREPOINT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENTwith WSS supports the ability to create XML data sources that you can use in your web pages.This capability allows you to connect directly with SQL databases, XML files, SharePoint lists,and other sources to display dynamic data sets of information in tabular formats. Using theSharePoint Designer, you can display this data without ever writing code.The key to using dynamic data sets in your web pages is to make use of the Data SourceLibrary and the Data View web part. The Data Source Library acts as an agent for mappingaccess to any number of data sources that can provide XML data sets. The Data View web partis the component that displays those data sets on the page.When the Data View web part is displaying an XML data set, it has the ability to format thedata set based on the eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transform (XSLT). This means that youcan use the SharePoint Designer editor to format columns, colors, and styles for a data set. Youcan also use a conditional format to change the style of a data cell when it reaches certainparameters. In this way, you can call attention to outlying data in the set.Using XML data sets begins with the Data Source Library. You can access the Data SourceLibrary by selecting Data View ➤ Insert Data View from the main menu in the SharePointDesigner. The library lists all of the available XML data sources. If you have an existing Share-Point site open in the SharePoint Designer, you’ll notice that all of the lists and libraries in thesite are available for use as data sources. In addition to these sources, you’ll also see supportfor database connections, XML files, server-side scripts, web services, and the Business DataCatalog. Figure 5-7 shows an example of the Data Source Library.Figure 5-7. The Data Source LibraryWhen using the Data Source Library, you are not limited to the lists and libraries associatedwith the site that is currently open. You can either create new lists and libraries directlyor utilize lists and libraries from other sites within the portal structure. If you click either theCreate New SharePoint List or the Create New Document Library link, you will open a dialogthat allows you to add a new list, library, or survey to the Data Source Library. If you instead
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